Mary Ryan (Irish politician), Date of Birth, Date of Death
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About Mary Ryan (Irish politician)
- Mary Bridget Ryan (née Carey; 31 January 1898 – 8 February 1981) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician.
- She was a member of Cumann na mBan and a founder member of Fianna Fáil.She was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for the Tipperary constituency at the 1944 general election.
- Her husband Martin Ryan was a TD for the same constituency from 1933 until his death in 1943.
- After boundary changes, she was returned at the 1948 general election for Tipperary North, and re-elected at the 1951, 1954 and 1957 general elections. At the 1961 general election, she lost her seat to Fine Gael's Thomas Dunne.
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